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The Dillon tribune., 1887-11-25
Negro Cabins in Ken.Scl;v.

Looking out the doors and windows Of
The eabins lounging in the doorways.
leaning over the low frame fences, gath
ering into quickly forming, Quickly dis.
SOWING, gioups in the dusty streets, they
s"arn.; they are here from milkwhite
throuGh all deepening shades 10 glossy
oEatAne&S; oCtoroons. quatllUon~, mulat-
toes, some with large, liquid, black eyes,
refined features, delicate forms: WORKING.
Sossipng, higgling over prices around .
vegetable cart. discussing last nights;
church festival, today's funeral or next
week railway excursion, sleeping, plan
ming how to get work and how 10 escauc
it. From some unseen old figure il, ii;,,,-
ooyant tu"bul, bending over the washtul,
III the rear OF {; cabin, c0ic> /. croone,!
song Of inIicscribablc patiie~; behind a
half closed front shutter, Il Moorish hueti
amo:aso in gay linen thrurns his banjo ina
measure Of ecstatic -ayety, pcclu,lirg tive
more passionate melodies OF the coming
night, Here Il fight: there the sound of
the fiddle and the rhylhnic patt.ny Of
hant>1s. Tatter> and silks 1Iauu, them
selves side by side. Dirt and cleanliness
lie down together. Iudolence goes hand
III hand with thrift. Superstition dogs
the SLOW footsteps OF reason. Passion and
self control eye each ot.,er all day long
across the narrow way. Ii there is any
where resolu,e virtue, all round it is u
weltcrcd muck of low and sensual desire.
One sees all the surviving types of old
negro life here crowded together with and
contHastcd with all the new phases of
''colorcd'' life, sees the transitional stage
Of 4 race, part of whom were born slaves
and are now frecmen, part Of whom have
been born frce,nen hut remain so much
+ like slaves.
It cannot TAI, TO happen a> you TX
,long tina, you will come upon some
cabin Sc: back in ~ small yard and half
hidden, front and side, by an :. most
tropical jungle of vines and laultiforn,
foliage; patches of great sun1owers, never
more leonine in tawny magnlicencc and
sun loving repose; festoons o. white and
purple morning glories over the windows
an.! up to the low caves; around the
porch and above the doorway Il trellis OF
gourd vines swinging their long necked
grotesque yellow fruit; about the entrance
flaming hollyhocks and other brilliant
bits Of bloom, ,narigolds and petunias--
evidences of the warm native taste thai
still distinguishes the negro after some
centuries Of contact with the old, chast
ened ideals OF the Anglo-Saxon.--.Tam
Lane Allen in The Century.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-11-25
Charles Summers Charming Letters.

Senator Summer had Il happy way Of
writing to any one whose work pleased
him as nNthor, orator, painter. sculptor or
musician. Many authors have been made
happy by his expressions Of appreciation.
Longfcllow. Whittier. Holmes, Lowell,
Motley, Prescott ct id genus omne, have
been laid under contribution by the sena-
tors hiographer, and the letters Sumner
wrote them while hot from their works
will make very interesting reading. There
are those across tho water who can con-
tribute to his biography charming letters
Of appreciation. and among them Jean
lugelOw. who received several Of great
force He had IN especially warm side
for young authors OF merit, and many Il
one of them. now Of established reputa-
| ton, owes much to his discriminating
praise and his encouragement to press on,
to elevate and purifE tlleir taste. and,
above all, "tu work. work, work. 10
one he wrote: "Who shall say that the
! mower to work is not itself geni,ls:''
! IT was his way to 1'ite to IA speaker i'm
,ncdiately after he had heard or read his
, speech. Schuyler Coltax came to the
front in Il speech on the Kansas question,
which showed him to be II man nf mark.
Sumner on that same night wrote him
letter CT thanks, couched III such terms
that the young orator showed it to doubt
ing friends as An evidence that At least one
leading man did not deem him too rash.
The letter found its way into print, and
soon it was regarded rs happily voicinp
the views OF the party. and Rc1Hblicant
generally indorsed Summers Endorsement
nnt; Colfax was ~ made man.
So thoroughly necessary was 1t deemet
10 have Summers stamp Oh q rising repu
tation that he was sometime: !inmrtullct
IL ,lo for others what he had done for Col
fax. Let him. Summer said to on,
suitor, make such Il speech as Colfa,
ma,lt., and will write him, such IA lette
as I wrote Colfax. ARNOLD Burgess John
son in The Cosmopolitan.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-11-25
Da.nD Air Not Injurious.

Damp air Is not rs injurious 10 t'e
lungs rs to the skin lhc eiectf,c coh"'-
,i,n of the air has more TO do with its I'M
confortab]euess than has It's aampness.
When il is positi,: it is bracins and re-
freshino. when negative it Nebilitatcs
and cnnresses If the skin is warm nu
f,ar need be felt of brcatE;n" clamp or cool
air. either waking or rlccpins.--Mrs =.
G. Cook, NJ. d. in Drn,oresl's Monthly.
About !. 900 good sized watermelons car
10 got into ., freight car.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-12-03

Taal the latter was standing on the
bridge tr in 10 prevent the stcorage
passengers from besiegiAg the boats.
The break in the ships side was at o.
the bulkhead and was eight feet wide
The unserviceable boats which were
cut away possibly loated when the
steamer sank"
1t is stated that \ Hastings mackereI
boat reports that her nets We're dam
aged yesterday afternoon by a steamer,
and tha: while chasing the steamer the
latter was seen to collide with the
scholten. It Is worthy of note that
fragments ofnets were found on the
bows Of the Rosa Mary.
The Scholten was rated frst-class
and was built at Clyde in 1874. Her
net tonnage was I,7lO. She was owned
By the etherlands-American Steam
Navigation company, a Rotterdam cor
yoratlOn, ana was valued at about
$3.50. coo. Her d .mensiOns were about
800 feet over al, 30 beam and % depth.
Her passenger accommodations were
sixty cabin, forty intermediate and $40
steerage. She sailed from ROtterdaD
yesterday and probably had miscelIa-
neOGs cargo Of dry goods, gin, herring,
rhein wine, etc. There are i've other
vessels in eur fleet-the Zaandam,
Schstdem, Leerlam, Rotterdam and
p. Calaud."
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-12-03
TOREIGN NEWS.

Advices from Guatemala are TO the
effect that prospects for 4 continuance
of peace are good, but that a Central
American republic is hopeless.
An agent of the Servian government
has been arrested at Sofia. Servia has
demanded an explanation. Foreigners
are not allowed TO enter Sofia.
Radical clubs OF London have de-
termined not to parade to-day. but to
approach Trafalgar Square in small
groups and give the police no pretexE
for interference.
The government side was defeated
on test vote in the French chlmber
Of deputies Saturday touching the
present scandal Investigation. The
ministry at once resigned.
Advices from Buenos Ayrss state
that all export duties imposed by the
Argentine Republic will Ue abolished
on January |, 1855.
y The Spanish government has an
nounced its intention OF adherinS TO
the convention between France and
England relative TO the Suez canal.
2 The anniversary of the battle Of
Slivnitza was celebrated at Sofia. a
TIE Deum" was sung in the cathedral
in the presence of Prince Ferdinand
the ministers and the members Of the
sobranje. \ review of the troops was
held. The town was decorated with
fags and bunting. A banquet was
given in the palace.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-12-03
FAN Heirs to a Million.

INDIANLPOLIs, Nov. 21.-Township
Trustee Many to-day received letter
from the executor of the estate Of
Thomas Andrews, of Pennsylvania,
making inquiries regarding Dillard and
Anna Bruins, and saying that Andrews
had Just died and bequeathed TO them
800 gcros OF land lying in the Lshigh
Valley, and on which several valuable
coal mines are now in operation, the
property being worth nearly Sl.OG0, coo.
The trustee recognized the Bruins as q
couple who occupy one ill-furn shed
room in block in this city, and VINO
nave been dependent upon public
charity for the past twelve gears.
they are now about fifty years o. age,
and have resided in this city since 1850.
Dillard Bruins was a solder, and is
now nearly blind. When visited by
the trustee Mrs. Bruins said that she
was an orphan, and was adopted by
the Andrews couple when quite small:
that she married and came here and
heard moth ing from her adopted parents
for several years, and she supposed
they were dead. The trustee then
showed her the letter, and now has no
doubt that the couple are the ones who
have so suddenly and Unexpectedly be-
come rich.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-12-03
Establishing Fund for the Families of I'll g

Dead Anarchists.
CHICAGO, LII, November l9.-It is
announces that the Amnesty Society
and the Defense Committee will Join
forces and assume the responsibility OF
providing for the families of the dead
Anarchists, and permanent fund will
be started for that purpose. There
Will be, after O final accounting OF the
expenses of the funeral, surplus of
about 81 800 to $4,000 in the hands OF
the Defense Committee, which will
form a good noucleus for them TO start
the fund with. Ii is intended to make
this new organization national in ex-
tent. There is another object in es-
tablishing this fund. One OF the lead
ers.yesterday said he expected that
there would be more money required
for purposes of defense. he did not
expect that the prosecutions would
stop here, but thought that others who
made themselves conspicuous in the
movement would be prosecuted under
various charges, and that would neces-
state q permanent defense fund.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-12-03
A Youthful Bank-Robber Caught.

ST.. PAUL, Nov. H.-Superlntendent
Loader, Of the Pinkerton Detective
Agency, reached here Saturday, having
in charge Frederick Bickeil, formerly
messenger boy OF the Union National
Bank of Duluth. Bickell was arrested
in Chicago Friday night on suspicion
OF having robbed the Duluth bank Of
s24. 500 last september, and on being
charged with the theft he confessed,
aad the entire amount OF the money,
minus Sl59, was found under . false
beasm in his valise. Bicksll is 55
years Of age.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-12-03
OFFICERS STORIES.

An officer of the Scholten states that
the Rosa Mary was carrying no side.
lights, but was showing the usual mast
aead lights TO indicate that she was ly-
Ing at anchor. They sJeered straigh
down the channel, leaving her sufi
aient room TO pass clear. When they
drew near they found that she was
steaming ahead and making right on t,
Them They tried to signal her oil.
out it was too late. She struck the
Scholten on the port bow, ripping of
the plates some distance and exposing
the interior. The hole thus made ex
tended below the water-line.
The officers of the Rosa Mary aver
that they were lying at anchor and
were run into. They say that they die
not weigh anchor until morning.
1t is reported that the captain of the
Rosa Mary denies the statement
that his vessel was in collision witt
the W. A. Seholten. He AYERS that the
Rosa Mary was injured by a collision
with another vessel while lying Al
anchor.
Capt Taal of the W. A. Scholten hao
only recently been appointed to thu
command of that vessel, succeeding
Capt. BOujer.
DIR. Ayme Of New York, the Schoi.
tens surgeon, is of the opinion that the
Rosa Mary nad just weighed anchor
and that the crew had forgotten to put
10 the side lights. he says that many
Of those saved by the Ebro were para
lyzed with cold and were with difficulty
resuscitated. When he last saw..Capt
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-12-03

4 ball in su ar.stgsrslr house across TIT
5'g pond must be a grand affair, JUDGING from
he description OF one In recent Paris letter
he correspondent says he saw at table IL
ae Ring Boulevard al archdJke. Z foreign
adv Ok high degree, a painter, aud two sc5
resses supDiug on picked ox-8ose, cold pots
aes, sausages, and cheese, washed dOwI
With beer
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-12-03

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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-12-03

SPIN going to the bsyl," said the young
lady ON starting eBt 70 visit the baby show,
The Portland daily press., 1887-03-04
Rejoicing at Gloucester.

GLOUCESTER. Mass. March 3-The Brit
ish schooner Hazel Dell, from Pubnico, N.
S., today, brings 80 men, among them being
Captain David William and James Morrisey,
who will go as masters to vessels from this
port. All the men are to be engaged fishing
from here. Crews to man vessels at the
present time are scarce.
At meeting Of the Gloucester Board of
Trade on receipt of the news of the passage
of the retaliation bill by Congress. resolu-
tions were adopted thanking both branches
for their prompt recognition of the unjust
aggression upon our fisheries, and the unani-
NOUS sentiment that responded to the appeal
for their protection, conveying to the Presi-
dent the Boards appreciation of his response
bility in the matter and expressing its full
faith In bis firmness and judgment to admin
lister the power SO freely given as to give
every citizen assurance of protection, declar-
ing It's belief that the American fishermen,
under proper care and encouragement from
their own government will develop and main
tain the fisheries to an extent fully equal to
all demands of the American peo-
pie. that retaliation in this case is an APP
peal 10 justice, and is adopted only after
years Of Outrages and that it is perfectly
austifabie
The Portland daily press., 1887-03-04
PACIFIC INVESTIGATIONS.
Work Laid Out for the Committee to
Perform.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-The bill author
izing the investigation of the accounts of the
Pacific Railroads provides for the appoint
ment Of three commissioners by the Presi-
dent, whose terms of Office shall not extend
beyond the beginning of the next session of
the Senate. If the Senate shall be convened
after March, 1887, and before December /,
and the duties of the commissioners shall
not then be completed, the President shall
then by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate appoint three commissioners who
shall perform and complete the duties pre-
sented in this act. 1t is made the duty of
the commission to examine into the working
and financial management of all railroads
that have received aid from the government
in bonds to ascertain whether they have OBJ
served all obligations imposed upon them,
and whether their books and accounts are
or have been so kept as to show the net
earnings OF the aided roads, or whether there
has been a diversion of earnings of aided
roads to less productive roads, or whether
there has been division Of earnings of aid
ed roads to wrongful or improper purposes;
whether there is discrimination in rates for
unaided against aided roads, whether any,
and if so, how much, is due and owing to the
United States on account of mistaken or
erroneous accounts and reports of settlements
made by said roads, and also to inquire into
and report as to the kind, character and
amount of assets Of said companies and what
assets are now subject to lien of government
and also whether any dividends have been
unlawfully declared by the directors or paid
to stockholders Of said companies, and, If so
to what extent and whether the amount
thereof may not be recovered; whether any
new stock or bonds have been issued with
out authority of law; what amounts of
money or credit have been or are now loaned
or borrowed by any of said companies to
any person or corporation, what
amounts of money or any other val
liable consideration, such as stocks,
bonds, passes, etc, have been expended or
paid out by said companies, and further to
inquire and report whether said companies
have paid money or other valuable consider
alton or done any act or thing, for the pur-
of influencing legislation and to investigate
and report all the facts relating to an al
legged consolidation of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, Kansas Pacific Railway
Company, and Denver Pacific Railway and
Telegraph Company, into an alleged corpor-
alton, known as the Union Pacific Railway
Company. The commissioners are also au-
thorized to consider and report whether t
interests of the United States require a h.
extension of time for the performance of
legations to the United States of said compa-
nies or any of them. One hundred thousand
dollars is appropriated for the purposes Of
the investigation. The President is author
lied to redeem prior liens, if such a course is
deemed advisable. 1t is further provided
that the sinking funds Of the Pacific Rail-
road companies may be invested in first
mortgage bonds of the companies.
The Portland daily press., 1887-03-04
RocKLAND's FIRE BUG
Out Again Wednesday NIght-The
Mystery Yet Mystery.

RocKLAND, March, 3.-Rockland is dis
turbed over the proceedings of mysterious
incendiary, one or two fires occurring each
week. Since July 9th of last year, some
twenty incendiary fires have occurred in the
northern part of the city, all within radius
of half a mile. A few weeks ago an attempt
was made to burn the Pine Grove school
house while religious meeting was being
held in the upper story. Three separate at
tempts have been made to burn this building
Last week an attempt was made to burn the
house Of Mrs. Olive Stewart, occupied by
two families The fire started in the shop
connected with the house, paper and kero-
sene being used. Wednesday night, an at
tempt was made to burn the cooper shop of
James Spaulding on James street. Shay
ings were piled up around the door and ig-
nited The fire burned the corner of the
building, but the prompt arrival of the fire
department extinguished it. A previous
similar attempt has been made to fire this
building. Great excitement prevails and
there is fear of serious confagration. Pri-
vate individuals and the police are doing de-
tectiye work but the incendiary has, thus
far, eluded detection. Rockland's exception
ally efficient fire service thus far has averted
q serious fire.
The Portland daily press., 1887-03-04
happenings at Calais.

NAAAlo, Mcsf Mdfcn q
The lumbermen on the st. Croix intended
to cut from 45 to so million feet Of logs this
winter, but the severe winter and the unusu-
ally heavy snow fall will reduce the amount
of the total to about 30 million feet, or less
than half of last years cut. Teams are
coming out Of the woods, only few being
left to haul the yarded logs that remain.
The men report the average depth ofsnow to
be from four to seyea feet, and covered by a
thick crust An early break up Of the Ice on
the streams Is anticipated as the snow pre-
vented deep freezing, and driving operations
are likely to be very successful
The Colby Quartette gave an interesting
concert to good audience on Tuesday even
ing. -.
Alfred Towers and Fred Townsend were
arrested by the fish and game waTdens Iot
Illegal fishing on Pemmequation Lake, and
fined $40 and costs on Tuesday.
The climate Of Calais and vicinity Is the
same which is popularity attributed TO Lab
radOr. D. " r
The Portland daily press., 1887-03-04

A Vote in the House on the Bar Ha
Dor Water Question.
The Portland daily press., 1887-03-04

Tifin fled to the tender before suffering. in
jury. The engineer, r; K. Bramble OF Gar
rett, Ind, maintained his post as well as he
could, trying to stop the train, which ran
about mile, the engine humping and jump
ing as the pieces OF the broken connecting
rod thrashed about and pried the locomotive
up off the track at every revolution. Then
the rear driver on the right side flew to
pieces, demolishing the cab on that side and
hurling the engineer through the window
upon the bank beside the track. The train
came to summary halt, and the passengers,
who had been alarmed by the unaccountaDle
motion, fled in all directions, one lady in her
fright rolling down an enabankment. The
engineer was found with his skull badly
broken, and he was taken to Tiffin in dying
condition. He has widow and two chill
drpn
The Portland daily press., 1887-03-04

Death of a Noted Lady of Des
Moines-A Remarkable Incident.

Dies MONIES, Ia, March 3,-The wife of
Hoyt Sherman died yesterday of physical
time ago an effort was made to strengthen
her vitality by TRANSMISSION of blood from
the arm of her son Frank. The benefit was
only temporary. Frank is an inveterate
smoker, and few minutes after the opera
tiOn of transfusing was accomplished, Mrs.
Sherman asked who was smoking in her
room. When told that no one was, She said
she could distinctly taste tobacco. Mrs
Sherman.was one Of the Oldest settlers in
Des Moines, and one of the social leaders of
the city. Her husband is the brother of Sem
tor John Sherman of Ohio, and General w.
II Sherman.